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Football tournament season

The 1995–96 Ulster Cup was the 48th edition of the Ulster Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Portadown won the tournament for the 2nd time, defeating Linfield 5–3 on penalties after the final finished in a 2–2 draw.

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Crusaders	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to quarter-final
2	Glentoran	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6	Advance to quarter-final
3	Omagh Town	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Carrick Rangers	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Glenavon	3	3	0	9	0	+9	9	Advance to quarter-final
2	Distillery	3	2	1	7	1	+6	6	Advance to quarter-final
3	Cliftonville	3	1	2	7	4	+3	3
4	Ballyclare Comrades	3	0	3	1	19	−18	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Coleraine	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to quarter-final
2	Portadown	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Advance to quarter-final
3	Bangor	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	Newry Town	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Ards	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to quarter-final
2	Linfield	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to quarter-final
3	Ballymena United	3	1	2	1	7	−6	3
4	Larne	3	0	3	0	4	−4	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glenavon	2–3	Portadown
Linfield	3–2	Crusaders

16 January 1996

Linfield	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Portadown
McCoosh 86' Fenlon 100'		Haylock 72' Peebles 93'
Penalties
Fenlon Beatty Erskine Bailie	3–5	Haylock Kennedy Casey Peebles Candlish

Windsor Park, BelfastReferee: David Magill (Belfast)

"Irish League Archive, Ulster Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
"Taunted Haylock gives Ports a silver lining". Belfast Telegraph. 17 January 1996. p. 26.
"Ports Hold Nerve In Cup Shoot-Out". Belfast News Letter. 17 January 1996. p. 20.
"Ulster Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

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Seasons

v t e 1995–96 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League Premier Division Irish League First Division
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup Floodlit Cup County Antrim Shield Irish News Cup
European competitions	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying (Group 6)

National teams

Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial Football League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NIFL Premiership Development League
Women	Women's Premiership Championship 1 Championship 2

Domestic cups

Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup
Women	IFA Women's Challenge Cup NIFL Women's Premiership League Cup All-Island Cup

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